Battle for all three factors: East Bengal’s victory moved it to eighth with 18 factors from 16 outings.
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East Bengal picked up its fourth win by downing Chennaiyin FC by a solitary aim within the Indian Tremendous League on the Salt Lake Stadium right here on Monday.
Nandhakumar Sekar got here to the crew’s support as soon as once more as he discovered the web halfway by the second half to safe the complete quota of factors for EBFC, which tallied 18 factors from 16 matches to maneuver to the eight spot within the present standings.
Chennaiyin FC remained on 15 factors after its sixteenth outing of the event.
Needing a win to stay within the contest for a top-six place and hold the opportunity of reaching the knock-out stage open, EBFC seemed to be dropping its plot towards a extra organised CFC within the first half. The customer created extra openings within the first half however its attackers Rahim Ali, Jordan Murray, and Farukh Choudhary, who shared a couple of good probabilities, couldn’t convert them.
EBFC coach Carlos Cuadrat tried to change the state of affairs after the break by introducing three modifications and that acquired the host again within the recreation as one of many substitutes P.V. Vishnu supplied the impetus to launch efficient assaults.
Protecting on the momentum, Nandhakumar lastly acquired the break within the sixty fifth minute when he acquired on the finish of an extended cross from the left and responded with a robust grounder that took a deflection off Chennaiyin defender Bikash Yumnam to seek out its means in.
The consequence:
East Bengal FC 1 (Nandhakumar 65) bt Chennaiyin FC 0.
